Psychology

Psychology, scientific discipline that studies psychological and biological processes and behaviour in humans and other animals.

A psychologist discusses the research on human biological and psychological processes involved in …

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The discipline of psychology is broadly divisible into two parts: a large profession of practitioners and a smaller but growing science of mind, brain, and social behaviour. The two have distinctive goals, training, and practices, but some psychologists integrate the two.

Early history

In Western culture, contributors to the development of psychology came from many areas, beginning with philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato. Hippocrates philosophized about basic human temperaments (e.g., choleric, sanguine, melancholic) and their associated traits. Informed by the biology of his time, ... (100 of 3,535 words)